Dr. Aseema Sinha is the first holder of the Wagener Family Associate Professor of Comparative Politics and George R. Roberts Fellow. This evenings lecture marks Professor Sinhas ceremonial installation as the inaugural holder of the chaired professorship established in honor of the Wagener family.

Professor Sinhas presentation will focus on the emerging dilemmas in India: the combination of growth with rising inequalities, the pursuit of a unique model of transition that combines a second democratic revolution and inclusive growth with a market economy, and the challenges of Indias new-found status at the global level for some of Indias domestic contradictions.

Prior to joining the faculty at Claremont McKenna College, Professor Sinha served on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. Her research interests relate to the political economy of India and India-China comparisons.

At CMC, she teaches courses on South Asia, Social Movements, Globalization and Developing Countries, and Comparative Politics. She is the author of the prize-winning book, The Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India: A Divided Leviathan (Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2005).